Meaning

1 senses
  1. (informal)In a way that isn't right; incorrectly, wrongly.

    I spelled several names wrong in my address book.

    You're doing it all wrong!

    falsch, verkehrt

    непра́вильноneprávilʹno, не та́кne ták

More definitions
  • in an incorrect manner

Examples

7553 sentences
  1. I feel that something is wrong.

    У мене таке відчуття, що щось не так. — deniko

    ruЯ чувствую, что что-то не то. — corvard

    deIch spüre, dass etwas nicht stimmt. — Zaghawa

  2. Something was wrong with the watch.

    Щось було не так із годинником. — deniko

    ruС часами было что-то не так. — Hellerick

  3. Something is wrong with the engine.

    Із двигуном щось не так. — deniko

    ruЧто-то не так с двигателем. — marafon

  4. That is where you are wrong.

    Саме в цьому ти помиляєшся. — shanghainese

    ruВот где ты ошибаешься. — Hellerick

  5. What you were taught is wrong.

    Те, чого тебе навчили, неправильне. — aandrusiak

    ruТо, чему тебя учили, неправильно. — marafon

    deDas, was man dich lehrte, ist falsch. — Manfredo

Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 1
wrongly, incorrectly:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
wrongly, incorrectly:

Origin

From Middle English wrong, from Old English wrang (“wrong, twisted, uneven”), from Old Nor

From Middle English wrong, from Old English wrang (“wrong, twisted, uneven”), from Old Norse rangr, vrangr (“crooked, wrong”), from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz (“crooked, twisted, turned awry”), from Proto-Indo-European *werḱ-, *wrengʰ- (“to twist, weave, tie together”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Scots wrang (“wrong”), Danish vrang (“wrong, crooked”), Swedish vrång (“perverse, distorted”), Icelandic rangur (“wrong”), Norwegian Nynorsk rang (“wrong”), Dutch wrang (“bitter, sour”) and the first element in the mythic Old Frisian city of Rungholt (“crooked wood”). More at wring.

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Forms

more wrong, most wrong
Comparativemore wrong Lesson
Superlativemost wrong

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Collocations

12 patterns
  • worse worse
  • getting worse worse
  • worse worse than
  • something was wrong
  • is worse worse
  • the wrong way
  • nothing wrong with
  • nothing wrong
  • anything wrong
  • something wrong
  • there's nothing wrong
  • any worse worse

See also

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